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Section 59A-20-32 - Nonforfeiture benefits, cash surrender values; life policies issued prior to operative date of 1943 Standard Nonforfeiture Law.

NM Stat § 59A-20-32 (2019) (N/A)
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A. This section shall apply only to those life insurance policies issued prior to the operative date of the Standard Nonforfeiture Law as first enacted by Laws of 1943, Chapter 109.

B. A nonforfeiture benefit shall be available to the owner of the policy in event of default in premium payments, after a premium shall have been paid for three (3) years and shall be a stipulated form of insurance effective from the due date of the premium, the net value of which shall be at least equal to the reserve at the date of default on the policy and on any dividend additions thereto, less a sum of not more than two and one-half percent of the amount insured by the policy and of any existing dividend additions thereto, and less any existing indebtedness to the insurer on or secured by the policy. The policy shall specify the mortality table and rate of interest adopted from computing such reserves and shall stipulate that it may be surrendered to the insurer at its home office within one (1) month from date of default, for a specified cash value at least equal to the sum which would otherwise be available for the purchase of insurance as above stated.

History: Laws 1984, ch. 127, § 397.

Compiler's notes. — The phrase "operative date of the Standard Nonforfeiture Law", referred to in Subsection A, means July 11, 1943, the effective date of Laws 1943, Chapter 109, which enacted the original 1943 Standard Nonforfeiture Law.

Am. Jur. 2d, A.L.R. and C.J.S. references. — 43 Am. Jur. 2d Insurance §§ 432, 582 to 584, 645, 654 to 686.

44 C.J.S. Insurance § 300; 45 C.J.S. Insurance § 847 et seq.

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Section 59A-20-32 - Nonforfeiture benefits, cash surrender values; life policies issued prior to operative date of 1943 Standard Nonforfeiture Law.